AS, _FIRST_, for Instance, in _Case_ of any _Difficulty_, occasion’d by an _Intemperature_, or inclement _Constitution_ of WEATHER and AIR; the more adverse or inclement the WEATHER is, the more tender _Care_ ought to be taken of the _Labouring Woman_: Namely, in SUMMER, when the _Heat_ scorches so much as to dissipate the _Woman’s Strength_, she ought to LABOUR in a _Ground-Chamber_ backwards, which may be strewed (for the Purpose) with _Vine_ or _Willow-Leaves_, _Rose-Water_, and a little _Vinegar_; as it is customary in _hot Countries_. IN WINTER, when the _Cold_ pinches so as to condense and astringe the WOMB and the _Passages_, she ought to LABOUR in an _Upper-Room_, kept moderately warm with one continued _Fire_; the _MIDWIFE_ rubbing gently the _Hypogastrick_ and _Ischiatick Regions_ every now and then with hot _Cloathes_. IN SPRING and FALL, when parching dry _Weather_, with _North_ and _East Winds_ most abound, the _MIDWIFE_ ought not only to rub these _Inferiour Regions_ with hot _Cloaths_; but also to qualify the _Influences_ of the _Siccid AIR_, by anointing the _Passages_ with proper _Unguents_. A SECOND _External Cause_ may proceed from the _Passions_ of the Will or Mind, as it often does from _Fear_ and _Despair_, _Dejection_ and _Pusillanimity_: In which _Case_, it is the _MIDWIFE_’s Duty to encourage her WOMAN by the Hopes of a _Speedy DELIVERY_, and doing well under GOD’s Blessing. When the Cause arises from _Anger_ or _Sorrow_, these are to be assuaged by the repeated _Christian Exhortations_, and _Friendly Admonitions_ of the MIDWIFE and GOSSIPS. When it comes from _Pride_ and _Obstinacy_, as has been the _Case_ of some _Lofty Women_; who (deeming themselves too good, to be treated after the _common Course_ of Mankind) have refused to undergo or permit the proper _Means_, absolutely necessary for their own _Relief_; THIS ought to be severely check’d by the _Company_, especially by the _nearest Friends_; the MIDWIFE (by proper _Remonstrances_) convincing her to her Shame of her obstinate SIN. When it proceeds, in fine, from _Bashfulness_ or too strict a _Modesty_, she may be justly reprehended of _Folly_; for no Woman of good SENSE (how _Modest_ and _Virtuous_ soever) will expose her own _Life_ or her INFANT’s to _Danger_, for the trifling _Fancies_ or _Caprices_ of her own vain Imagination, especially in a _Case_ where _like things happen to All_ equally of Flesh and Blood. BUT when it happens to proceed from the _Woman_’s being ill-affected, or owing a private _Grudge_ or _Hatred_ to any in the _Company_, (as I once knew it to be the _Cause_ of a difficult and lingring _BIRTH_) _She_ ought to speak her Mind freely, at least to her _MIDWIFE_; who ought to give the _Person_ civil Notice to retire forthwith, for certain Reasons, _&c._